Blog posts

February 11, 2016
Right now the political focus in this country is every place except Washington D.C., due to the hotly contested race for President.
January 21, 2016
I’m a huge fan of the TV show Mythbusters, and that fact that this is their last season is a loss for all of us, as the show has got a number of people, both young and old, interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
January 07, 2016
So here I am up in Massachusetts, about eight weeks into this new job, and I get an email telling me about a public hearing that the Joint Committee on Transportation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was having, and that there was a bill that would allow the transfer of
December 21, 2015
One thing that sets the railroad industry apart from a lot of other ones is the fact that most training is done in the field and not in the classroom.
December 01, 2015
As a result of my new job up in Massachusetts, I have been spending some significant time on the Mass Pike, which is the major East-West highway in the state.
October 30, 2015
Back in June when I walked out of the Morristown & Erie as an employee for the last time, I really didn’t think that I would be walking into the front door of another railroad as an employee any time soon. Why, you ask?
October 09, 2015
Last week I was in Washington, DC, to accompany my wife for a conference that she was attending.
September 23, 2015
Wow, has it been a busy month. Since the middle of August, it seems all I have done is get on airplanes. Not all of it was for work, but most of it was.
August 24, 2015
I really don’t need to explain why, in this day and age of constant electronic communication, face to face time is extremely important. Call me old fashioned, but you can get more done in a day with five smart guys in a room than you can in a month of emails.